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Changing and Measuring Consistency

a technology of consistency and measurement method, applied in the field of changing and measuring consistency, can solve the problems of increasing the cost and environmental load, and clogging up the measuring device or analyzer, and achieving the effect of simple and small arrangement structure, accurate and rapid control, and advantageous production

Active Publication Date: 2008-10-16
METSO AUTOMATION OY
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[0005]It is an object of the invention to provide improved methods and a measuring device, an arrangement and a computer program implementing the methods. Thus, the invention relates to a method for changing the consistency of a sample for a process including fibre suspension. The method also comprises receiving a fibre suspension sample from at least one process part to at least one sample line, each sample line comprising feeding feed liquid into the sample line for pushing the sample forward in the sample line, feeding dilution liquid to a mixer structure and mixing the flowing sample and the dilution liquid with one another in order to reduce the consistency of the sample in the mixer structure.
[0009]The invention further relates to a computer program for carrying out a computer process, which while running changes the consistency of a sample taken from a process including fibre suspension. The computer process comprises receiving a fibre suspension sample from at least one process part to at least one sample line, and each sample line comprises feeding feed liquid into the sample line for pushing the sample forward in the sample line, feeding dilution liquid into a mixer structure and mixing the flowing sample and the dilution liquid with one another in order to reduce the consistency of the sample in the mixer structure.
[0011]The method and the arrangement of the invention provide several advantages. The structure of the arrangement is simple and small in size and therefore advantageous to produce. The consistency is accurately and rapidly controlled. The need for dilution liquid is insignificant.

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A sample that is too consistent may cause a measuring device or an analyzer to clog up.
A sample that is too consistent may also cause for instance a measurement error, if an excessive amount of individual objects, such as fibres or sticks, simultaneously fall on the observation area of the measuring device.
The result of a minimum amount requirement of a representative sample and the dilution need of the sample is often that the sample processing system to be dimensioned in accordance with the amount of diluted sample becomes large and expensive.
The use of excessive dilution liquid also increases the costs and also the environmental load.
This may significantly prolong the total time required for analyzing the sample.

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[0021]Let us first take a closer look at a measuring device shown in FIG. 1. A sample consisting of fibre suspension may be taken from a process tube 100 or from another process part. The sample is conveyed through a valve 102 possibly to a pre-processing unit 104 of the sample, where the consistency of the sample and other properties can be measured and changed. The fibre suspension comprises a liquid medium including particles of a solid, such as fibres. The fibre may be any fibre, such as animal fibre, plant fibre, cellulose fibre or synthetic fibre. The medium is typically water but in a common case the medium may be some other liquid. In the wood-processing industry the fibre 100 is typically wood fibre. The consistency of the sample taken from the process tube may vary from a couple of per cents to several per cents or it may even be over ten per cent. The pre-processing unit 104 may reduce the consistency accurately to a desired level for instance below one per cent. After th...

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Abstract

A measuring device comprising at least one mixer structure to receive a fibre suspension sample from at least one process part. Each mixer structure is provided with a measuring unit, a feeding valve for feeding feed liquid into a sample line for pushing the sample in the sample line towards the measuring unit, a mixing valve structure for feeding dilution liquid into the mixer structure The mixer structure mixes the flowing sample and the dilution liquid with one another in order to reduce the consistency of the sample. The measuring device measures from the first part of the mixed sample one property of the fibre suspension and the measuring device measures from the second part of the mixed sample a further property.

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FIELD[0001]The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for changing consistency and to a method and a measuring device for measuring the properties of a sample. The invention also relates to a computer program according to the method.BACKGROUND[0002]For instance in paper, board and pulp industry a need has arisen to carry out measurements of stock for supervising and controlling the process. Stock refers to suspension that includes liquid, particles of a solid such as fibres and possibly sticks and some gas. The idea of the measurements is to determine the properties of wood fibres to be used for making paper or board, such as length, thickness or the fibre wall thickness or other stock properties, such as freeness.[0003]Generally the sample taken from the process is to be diluted in order to analyze it. A sample that is too consistent may cause a measuring device or an analyzer to clog up. A sample that is too consistent may also cause for instance a measurement error, if ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01N11/00G01N1/28G01NG01N1/38
CPCG01N1/38G01N33/343D21H23/78
Inventor KARKI, PASI
Owner METSO AUTOMATION OY
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